Okay, went on long ride today. I will say I am very satisfied with my mod of front and rear suspension. The rear is perfect and won't be playing with it. I got the 8975 shock with a 1600 spring. It is just a great upgrade to stock.
The front forks.....handled all road conditions very nice. At the current setting, it is little stiff and I feel some bounce going slow, under 35 mph. At higher speeds, 45 to 75, it is less bouncy. It is not extreme, but more then slight. I can live with it and by end of ride I was used to it. I went on some beat up roads at highway speeds and the front forks did their job nicely....ride was good. This is going to sound nuts, but I felt more bounce on newly paved roads!!! Sounds crazy...I don't know, maybe I just lost it.
Now, the emulalators can be adjusted with different springs, fork oil, and drilling addition hole in the emulalators....racetech has a page on how to adjust them. I would need the paid help from my mechanic to do this, so it would cost me more money to adjust them. I think this is something that would take several attempts to get it perfect, if even possible to get perfect. If you have skills to do on own, then that would be fun to play around with the setting. I am happy with the way they are now and will not be changing it. I don't want to put any more money in this project.
Some other observations.... In D model in 6th gear, when using throttle, there a very noticeable bounce/ vibration to the bike. I thought it was the suspension, it was not. I played with it and shifted down to 4th to get acceleration and vibration was gone. Is this the nature of 6th gear?? Overdrive??? 700cc engine??? When I am in D mode and need to accelerate, I usually shift down two gears. I never noticed the vibrantion issue in 6th gear until I started to really pay attention to ride comfort.
Also, D mode needs to be reprogrammed to hold gears just a little longer. It puts me in 6th gear going 35. I am finding it to be less used the more I ride. S mode is excellent. D mode could be much better if it held the gears just a little longer. It needs to be changed, imo.
The front forks.....handled all road conditions very nice. At the current setting, it is little stiff and I feel some bounce going slow, under 35 mph. At higher speeds, 45 to 75, it is less bouncy. It is not extreme, but more then slight. I can live with it and by end of ride I was used to it. I went on some beat up roads at highway speeds and the front forks did their job nicely....ride was good. This is going to sound nuts, but I felt more bounce on newly paved roads!!! Sounds crazy...I don't know, maybe I just lost it.
Now, the emulalators can be adjusted with different springs, fork oil, and drilling addition hole in the emulalators....racetech has a page on how to adjust them. I would need the paid help from my mechanic to do this, so it would cost me more money to adjust them. I think this is something that would take several attempts to get it perfect, if even possible to get perfect. If you have skills to do on own, then that would be fun to play around with the setting. I am happy with the way they are now and will not be changing it. I don't want to put any more money in this project.
Some other observations.... In D model in 6th gear, when using throttle, there a very noticeable bounce/ vibration to the bike. I thought it was the suspension, it was not. I played with it and shifted down to 4th to get acceleration and vibration was gone. Is this the nature of 6th gear?? Overdrive??? 700cc engine??? When I am in D mode and need to accelerate, I usually shift down two gears. I never noticed the vibrantion issue in 6th gear until I started to really pay attention to ride comfort.
Also, D mode needs to be reprogrammed to hold gears just a little longer. It puts me in 6th gear going 35. I am finding it to be less used the more I ride. S mode is excellent. D mode could be much better if it held the gears just a little longer. It needs to be changed, imo.
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